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Human Resources DirectorAcuity Brands • Brossard, Quebec, CA
Human Resources Director

Human Resources Director

Acuity Brands • Brossard, Quebec, CA
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at .

Job Summary

Distech Controls, part of Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS) organization, is seeking a Director, Human Resources to serve as a strategic, business‑first HR leader for a rapidly scaling, global technology organization. This role partners directly with senior and executive leaders to shape and execute a people strategy that enables growth, innovation, and organizational effectiveness across regions.

Operating at the intersection of technology, global expansion, and transformation, this role supports a business delivering intelligent building technologies, controls, and software platforms used worldwide. The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor, helping leaders scale teams, strengthen leadership capability, and build a high‑performance, accountable culture across a highly matrixed, international environment.

Why Join AIS / Distech Controls

  • Be part of a rapidly growing global technology platform
  • Influence the future of intelligent buildings and connected infrastructure
  • Partner with executive leadership to scale a global business
  • Shape the culture and leadership of a high‑growth, innovation‑driven organization

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or Master’s in HR or related field preferred
  • 12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience
  • Demonstrated experience supporting global, high‑growth, transformation, or scaling organizations
  • Proven ability to operate effectively in multinational or globally distributed environments
  • Strong capability translating business strategy into effective people, talent, and organizational solutions
  • Experience with organizational design, workforce planning, and leadership development
  • Exposure to mergers, acquisitions, and integration work
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders across regions
  • High energy, adaptability, and decisiveness with comfort operating amid ambiguity and change
  • Membership in the Ordre des CRHA/CRIA preferred for Québec‑based leadership roles
  • Bilingual French and English: To serve clients and external service providers across Canada and USA.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Strategic HR Leadership & Executive Partnership

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business, technology, and executive leaders across the AIS portfolio
  • Translate global business strategy into forward‑looking workforce, talent, and organizational plans
  • Apply a commercial, data‑driven mindset to leadership, talent, and organizational decisions
  • Influence enterprise priorities through insight, analytics, and strong executive partnership
  • Provide executive coaching and guidance on complex organizational and leadership challenges

Global Workforce & Organizational Leadership

  • Support globally distributed teams across engineering, product, commercial, and operations functions
  • Partner with HR leaders and Centers of Excellence (COEs) across regions to deliver scalable, consistent HR programs
  • Navigate cross‑border workforce considerations, cultural dynamics, and regional labor environments

Growth, Scaling & Organizational Design

  • Design and lead organizational design and workforce planning initiatives aligned to growth and scalability
  • Partner with leaders on hiring strategies in competitive, innovation‑driven technical markets
  • Support the evolution of organizational structures during periods of rapid growth and transformation

Talent, Leadership & Succession

  • Lead global talent reviews, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives
  • Coach leaders on talent decisions, performance management, and building high‑performing teams
  • Strengthen leadership capability, engagement, and retention across technical and professional organizations
  • Support executive hiring and onboarding of key leadership roles

Culture, Change & Organizational Effectiveness

  • Act as a change agent and culture ambassador during growth, transformation, and integration
  • Guide leaders through organizational change, ensuring clarity, alignment, and momentum
  • Support effective communication and leadership alignment during periods of transition

People Analytics & Employee Experience

  • Leverage people analytics and insights to inform leadership decisions
  • Identify organizational trends impacting performance, retention, and engagement
  • Translate enterprise and regional priorities into actionable HR initiatives

Mergers, Acquisitions & Integration

  • Support HR due diligence and workforce planning for acquisitions
  • Lead people integration planning and cultural alignment across regions
  • Ensure acquired organizations are effectively integrated into AIS operating models

Regional & Regulatory Accountability

  • Partner with internal experts and COEs to manage local compliance requirements while maintaining global consistency
  • Ensure local requirements are addressed in ways that support, rather than constrain, global business objectives

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Brands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000, select option 4. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Acuity Inc. from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to an Acuity Inc. mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Acuity Inc. employees, or to Acuity Inc. resume database will be considered Acuity Inc. property. Acuity Inc. will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Knowledge of French is required for positions permanently located in Quebec so incumbents can communicate with their colleagues and suppliers in Quebec as necessary. French-language training is offered to all incumbents in permanent positions in Quebec who do not have a good knowledge of French.

Acuity Inc. will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.

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